Exploring ways to gather work exposure data at community health centres

We currently don’t have a system for tracking the occupational disease risks to which workers are exposed across a given region in Canada. That’s why a research team, led by the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC), the Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease (CREOD) and CRE-MSD, is looking into ways to partner with community health centres to collect work exposure information. The study will look at the feasibility of using surveys during patient intake interviews as a tool for data gathering.

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